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World of Threads Festival

Solo Shows 1: Quilts

2023-24 Exhibition: Artwork

Solo Shows was one of festival's largest exhibits, and presented outstanding bodies of work by 50 artists.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Artwork

Roxanna Kantarjian

Toronto, Ontario Canada

Installation view: Roxanna Kantarjian, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Roxanna Kantarjian, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
  • Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

 

Artists

  • Canada: British Columbia: Armstrong: Catherine Phillips, Pender Island: Susan Purney Mark, Nova Scotia: Granville Beach: Penny Berens, Ontario: Dundas: Lorraine Roy, Hamilton: Karen Thiessen, Toronto: Victoria Carley, Margaret Glew, Roxanna Kantarjian, Carolyn Murphy.
  • USA: California: Cameron Park: Deb Cashatt. 
Installation view: Roxanna Kantarjian, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Roxanna Kantarjian, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Gallery

  • The Corridor Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.

City

  • Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

Oct. 10, 2023 - Jan. 14, 2024

Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil II, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil II, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil II, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil II, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil I, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil I, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil I, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil I, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
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Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil III, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil III, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil III, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil III, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil III, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil III, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Stones II, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Stones II, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Stones II, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Carolyn Murphy

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Installation view: Carolyn Murphy, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Carolyn Murphy, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Carolyn Murphy, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Carolyn Murphy, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Beautiful and Perfect and White Laundry, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Beautiful and Perfect and White Laundry, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Beautiful and Perfect and White Laundry, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Beautiful and Perfect and White Laundry, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Unnamed, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Unnamed, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Unnamed, detail, Carolyn Murphy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Unnamed, detail, Carolyn Murphy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Fresh Laundry I, Carolyn Murphy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Fresh Laundry I, Carolyn Murphy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Fresh Laundry I, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Carolyn Murphy, Fresh Laundry I, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Karen Thiessen

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Installation view: Karen Thiessen, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Karen Thiessen, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Karen Thiessen, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Karen Thiessen, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In a Dark Time the Eye Begins to See, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In a Dark Time the Eye Begins to See, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In a Dark Time the Eye Begins to See, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In a Dark Time the Eye Begins to See, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Circles of Hope, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Circles of Hope, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Circles of Hope, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Circles of Hope, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Constellation of Hope, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Constellation of Hope, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Constellation of Hope, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Constellation of Hope, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Transformation, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Transformation, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Transformation, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Transformation, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In the Shadow of Hope, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In the Shadow of Hope, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In the Shadow of Hope, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, In the Shadow of Hope, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Beyond the Curtain, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Beyond the Curtain, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Beyond the Curtain, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Beyond the Curtain, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Lull, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Lull, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Lull, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Karen Thiessen, Lull, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Lorraine Roy

Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Installation view: Lorraine Roy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Lorraine Roy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Lorraine Roy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Lorraine Roy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, artwork by Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, artwork by Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, artwork detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, artwork detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Mother Tree, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Mother Tree, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Mother Tree, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Mother Tree, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Seeds, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Seeds, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Seeds, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Seeds, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Source, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Source, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Source, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Source, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Map, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Map, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Map, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Map, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Winter, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Winter, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Winter, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorraine Roy, Winter, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Margaret Glew

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Margaret Glew, Untitled, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Untitled, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Pouch Cove, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Pouch Cove, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Pouch Cove, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Margaret Glew, Pouch Cove, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Margaret Glew, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Margaret Glew, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Margaret Glew, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Margaret Glew, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
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Susan Purney Mark

Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada

Installation view: Susan Purney-Mark, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Susan Purney-Mark, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Along the Fraser, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Along the Fraser, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Along the Fraser, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Along the Fraser, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Waiting to Load, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Waiting to Load, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Waiting to Load, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Waiting to Load, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, The Salmon are Gone, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, The Salmon are Gone, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, The Salmon are Gone, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, The Salmon are Gone, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Loading on the North Shore, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Loading on the North Shore, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Loading on the North Shore, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.
Susan Purney-Mark, Loading on the North Shore, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads 2023-24.

Victoria Carley

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Victoria Carley, The Seventh Jacket, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Seventh Jacket, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation View: Victoria Carley, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation View: Victoria Carley, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Seventh Jacket, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Seventh Jacket, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Seventh Jacket, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Seventh Jacket, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, Hansel and Gretel, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, Hansel and Gretel, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, Hansel and Gretel, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, Hansel and Gretel, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Beanstalk, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Beanstalk, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Beanstalk, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Beanstalk, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Beanstalk, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Victoria Carley, The Beanstalk, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation View: Victoria Carley, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation View: Victoria Carley, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Deb Cashatt

Cameron Park, California, USA

Installation view: Deb Cashatt, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Deb Cashatt, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, The Center 2, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, The Center 2, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, The Center 2, detaiI, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, The Center 2, detaiI, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Debs Building, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Debs Building, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Debs Building, detaiI, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Debs Building, detaiI, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Kailasa, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Kailasa, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Kailasa, detaiI, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deb Cashatt, Kailasa, detaiI, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Catherine Phillips

Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada

Catherine Phillips, Stone Sheep, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Catherine Phillips, Stone Sheep, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Catherine Phillips, Stone Sheep, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Catherine Phillips, Stone Sheep, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Penny Berens

Granville Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada

Installation view: Penny Berens, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Penny Berens, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Winter's Edge, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Winter's Edge, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Winter's Edge, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Winter's Edge, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Whispering Cairn, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Whispering Cairn, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Whispering Cairn detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Whispering Cairn detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Woodland Berries, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Woodland Berries, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Woodland Berries, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Woodland Berries, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Dancing in the Wind, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Dancing in the Wind, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Dancing in the Wind, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Penny Berens, Dancing in the Wind, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Penny Berens, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Penny Berens, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.

Artwork

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